• fiah@discuss.tchncs.de
    27·
    1 year ago

    I honestly don’t remember because I was too young. However I do remember growing up on all the classics like Keen, Duke Nukem, Wolfenstein 3D, DOOM, Rise of the Triad, Test Drive (1 or 2? definitely 2), Street Rod 2. The list goes on

    • TheHalc
      1·
      1 year ago

      Combat! I loved that, especially with bouncy bullets.

  • ME5SENGER_24@lemm.eeEnglish
    141·
    1 year ago

    Super Mario Bros. A game that’s nearly as old as I am, that fully stands the test of time. From the very beginning of my gaming days, this and Duck Hunt got me into it. Dig Dug 2 was the first game I ever got angry enough to flip the tv the bird. Sonic and Tails probably was the second major influence on my life, from a video game perspective. After that I was a gamer and will never turn away from the cathode-ray light!

  • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.ml
    10·
    1 year ago

    I once stumbled into my parent’s computer room as a little 6 year old and saw my older brother playing Sim City 2000. That moment literally changed my life.

    Before that, I had seen my parents on the computer, but they were always just emailing or faxing stuff. I thought computers were boring machines for adults to do paperwork on.

    The day I saw my brother playing Sim City on the computer was the day I realized it could do something awesome.

    That was well over 20 years ago, and I’ve been a PC gamer ever since.

  • kaitco@lemmy.world
    10·
    1 year ago

    MASS EFFECT!!!

    I’d played games pretty casually since I was a kid, but Mass Effect is what turned me into a gamer. Before Mass Effecf, I hardly finished games and could never really master controls, let alone the concept of movement with one stick and viewing with the other.

    The Mass Effect story pulled me in so deep that I put in the effort and learned to actually play the game. After, ME I started playing just about everything.

    Now, I’m in the process of recording my ME playthroughs and editing them into a show just for fun. I used to be normal at some point…

  • Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    We have a Home Movie of me at 3 years old playing Tetris on my cousin’s Gameboy. I don’t remember a time that video games weren’t a part of my life.

    The first game I remember realy clicking for me was Donkey Kong Country. I can still play that game off muscle memory alone.

  • ElephantInTheRoom@lemmy.ml
    8·
    1 year ago

    Doom, Wolfenstein 3D and Elite back in the mid-90s. Jagged Alliance 2 and Fallout 2 a few years later got me finally hooked.

  • GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee
    8·
    1 year ago

    Been playing Nintendo since I could remember. That’s like everyone else’s story.

    However, I took a break. 1st kid was born and I wanted to focus on them. 5 years, no gaming… But Factorio… You see, that’s where the trouble began to grow. That factory. That damned factory.

    edit: fellow engineers, check the FFF blog, they’ve released news of the expansion!

    • UmbrellAssassin@lemmy.world
      21·
      1 year ago

      I have the same issue. Too many kids. Haven’t really gamed in years. The only game that I got that was over 10 bucks in recent years was Doom Eternal. Other than that I usually play D2 mods or emulate. I really wish I could get into Factorio, but that game never goes on sale.

      • Poopmeister@lemm.ee
        2·
        1 year ago

        Also stopped gaming when I got kids. But then I got the steam deck. Now i manage to game q#2 hours a day

        • UmbrellAssassin@lemmy.world
          21·
          1 year ago

          Ya I saw. Weird stance to take. Honestly the base game isn’t bad. Rimworld takes that to a new level. Not only does it not go on sale, but the DLC is way over priced for things that should arguably be already in base game.